DRI slueths seize gold worth Rs 4.21 cr from passenger at Visakhapatnam Railway station

Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Visakhapatnam have seized 7.396 kgs of Gold, worth Rs 4.21 crore from a passenger at Visakhapatnam Railway Station.

Acting on specific intelligence, the officials of DRI Visakhapatnam intercepted one person who arrived at Visakhapatnam Railway Station from Kolkata by Howrah-Chennai mail on Thursday along with the recipient who came to the railway platform and met the arrived person, a DRI release here said on Saturday.

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From the inner zip lining pocket of the arrived person’s Trolley Bag, 8 bars of smuggled gold of 7.396 Kgs (99.9 purity 24 Carat) valued at Rs. 4.21 crore have been seized.

It was revealed that gold was smuggled from Bangladesh & melted/recast into bars in Kolkata.

The two persons were arrested and remanded to judicial custody.

Further investigation is in progress, the release added.